The boys had so much fun at the Summer Fun Park, it was part of the reason we went back to Breckenridge this summer. Our first day in Breckenridge looked like it would have beautiful weather, so we rode the gondola up the mountain to begin our day.
We wore jeans and hoodies in the morning because it was a bit cool and we anticipated that weather lasting through the morning. As soon as we got on the mountain, we realized that we were overdressed. The boys kept their hoodies on for a while, then everyone's hoodies went into the backpack for the day.
Karsten and Scott rode the alpine slide last year and kept talking about how much fun it was. I did the roller coaster with Karsten last year, so we swapped this year and I got to do the slide. It was really fun - we could have gone much faster, but I was being cautious. For me, the lifts up the mountain were more scary than the slide! I'm always worried we'll fall out of the lift!
When we finished, it was Liam and Scott's turn on the slide. Liam wasn't sure he wanted to do the slide, he was scared of the lift AND the slide. We knew he would love the slide if he could make it up the lift, so Scott went ahead and took him making sure to hold him tightly on the chair lift to try and make him feel safer.
While Liam and Scott went up to get in line for the slide, Karsten and I headed over to the trampoline before the line got too long. Karsten was not so sure about this, but I showed him that it was just like jumping on a trampoline, the harness just meant he could jump higher and do tricks if he wanted.
I told him if he got up there and didn't like it, he just had to ask the guy to get him down and he could get out. He bounced several times and seemed to be enjoying himself.
But this expression showed me that he wasn't quite comfortable yet and the jumping time may be short. He did it for a few more minutes then asked to get down. I'm proud of him for giving it a try.
Next, we all headed over to the ropes course, another favorite activity from last year.
After a timid first step, Liam got comfortable and was able to make it across.
When he got to the end of this side, he very matter of factly told the guy he was done and didn't want to do the other side. When I asked him why, he said 'that side is for big kids, I can't reach between the logs'.
Next up was Karsten, he moved more quickly across the first side and with more caution on the second side.
He was uncertain a few times, but he worked on it and made it happen.
Mining for rocks was a big hit again this year. The boys hadn't even cleaned all of the sand off their rocks before they started comparing to see who got the coolest rocks.
We didn't make it to the snow pile last year, so we were sure to allow time for it today. It was kind of slushy in places, you could tell the sun was starting to melt it, but it was still pretty cool to be on a pile of snow in the middle of July!
The slushiness of the snow made it perfect for snowballs.
I love this picture!
Karsten threw a snowball at Scott, and Scott got him back when he least expected it. You can see Liam picking up snow - he threw it at Scott and told him to leave Karsten alone! What a sweet brother!
Coming down for the snow was challenging. I'm pretty sure I almost wiped out three or four times and was not so graceful.
Scott is not a roller coaster fan, but Karsten and I convinced him that the alpine coaster was not too scary and he could do it. Liam didn't want to give it a try, so we were spectators.
Looks like Scott let Karsten control the breaks - pretty brave!
The boys love mini-golf! They were thrilled when they remembered this was something we could do at the summer fun park!
We had to do the obligatory photo on the Breck Ski lift. Can you tell the boys were done having their photos taken?
One of our last activities of the day was the maze. The goal is to find all of the letters in the word Maze before you find your way out of the maze. We went to the viewing platform to watch them, but when we lost sight of them, I went down to hang out by the entrance because I was worried they were going to see it and think they made it out of the maze. Sure enough, a minute later, they appeared outside the entrance of the maze and said 'WE DID IT!'. Haha - sure did, good job guys!
After the maze, we sat down on a bench and everyone got a drink of water. I put my cell phone on the bench to dig in the bag to get water. Then, Scott and Karsten rode the lift up the mountain while Liam and I went inside for a break in the AC. After we got a snack, I reached for my phone to take a pic and it was nowhere to be found. We packed up quickly and ran out to the bench, but the phone was gone. I told Liam that we needed to find Lost and Found to see if someone turned in my phone. Thankfully, a woman overheard me and said she had found my phone and took it to a worker at a nearby stand - but she also looked up the ICE (in case of emergency) contacts and called my dad to say my phone had been found. He wasn't with us, so he called Scott who asked the woman to leave it with the nearby stand. WHEW, thank goodness there are still good, responsible people in this world who do kind things like this. I'm so, so grateful for her!
After Scott and Liam came down from the lift, the boys played in a bounce house for a bit, then we headed down the mountain. We had a long, fun day at the summer fun park and everyone was worn out!
